Keeper of the Bar

gospel, soul, joyful church gospel (call-and-response, choir/Hammond organ)

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[Intro - Spoken]
You don't need an appointment
You don't need a reason
You just need a seat at my bar
Now somebody give me a piano

[piano riff]

[Verse 1 - Lead]
I have poured a thousand drinks
for a thousand broken souls
The captain's got his counsellor
but it's me he comes to most
I don't have a single pip
I don't wear the gold
I just listen child I listen
and I never get too old

[Choir]
She listens
oh she listens
She's the keeper of the bar
She listens
oh she listens
and she knows just who you are

[Verse 2 - Lead]
Now Geordi's heart is heavy
and Wharf is feeling lost
And Dayta's got a question
about love and what it costs
They could walk to sickbay
they could see the ship's MD
But they come to Ten Forward
and they spill it all to me

[Choir]
She listens
oh she listens
better than the therapist
She listens
oh she listens
there's a queue I can't resist

[Chorus]
Because I am the bar
I am the ear
I am the one you tell it to
when nobody else is here
I've been alive five hundred years
I have hats for every day
And I'll pour you something strong my love
and listen while you pray
Oh listen while you pray

[Verse 3 - Lead]
Don't ask me how I got here
don't ask me where I'm from
My people were a race of listeners
till the Borg they made us run
We scattered through the galaxy
like seeds upon the wind
And I carry all their silence
in the listening I bring

[Choir - softer]
She's a refugee
oh she's a refugee
The last of those who hear
She's a refugee
oh she's a refugee
and she's holding all our fear

[Bridge - Lead building]
And me and Jean-Luc Picard
we go back before we met
There's a thing outside of time itself
that neither will forget
Don't ask me to explain it
don't ask me how I know
When the timeline's wrong I feel it
in my bones it tells me so

[Choir - call and response, building]
(Does she know) She knows
(Does she see) She sees
(When it's wrong) She feels it
(In her bones) She's never wrong

[Key Change]

[Big Chorus - Lead and full choir]
Because I am the bar
I am the ear
I am the one you tell it to
when nobody else is here
I've been alive five hundred years
I have hats up to the sky
And I'll pour you something strong my love
and never ask you why
Oh never ask you why

[Vamp - call and response]
(Tell it to Guynan) Tell it all
(Tell it to Guynan) She won't fall
(Tell it to Guynan) She's been here
(Through it all) Through it all
(Pour it out) Pour it out
(She'll catch it) Every tear
(The bartender) The bartender
(Is the one who'll always hear)

[Outro - Lead, slowing]
So pull up a chair
take off your coat
The doctor's got her sickbay
but I've got the antidote
It isn't in a bottle
it isn't in a glass
It's just an old woman listening
and letting the moment pass
Just letting the moment pass

[Spoken]
Same time next week sugar
The bar's always open

[End]

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[Intro - Spoken] You don't need an appointment You don't need a reason You just need a seat at my bar Now somebody give me a piano [piano riff] [Verse 1 - Lead] I have poured a thousand drinks for a thousand broken souls The captain's got his counsellor but it's me he comes to most I don't have a single pip I don't wear the gold I just listen child I listen and I never get too old [Choir] She listens oh she listens She's the keeper of the bar She listens oh she listens and she knows just who you are [Verse 2 - Lead] Now Geordi's heart is heavy and Wharf is feeling lost And Dayta's got a question about love and what it costs They could walk to sickbay they could see the ship's MD But they come to Ten Forward and they spill it all to me [Choir] She listens oh she listens better than the therapist She listens oh she listens there's a queue I can't resist [Chorus] Because I am the bar I am the ear I am the one you tell it to when nobody else is here I've been alive five hundred years I have hats for every day And I'll pour you something strong my love and listen while you pray Oh listen while you pray [Verse 3 - Lead] Don't ask me how I got here don't ask me where I'm from My people were a race of listeners till the Borg they made us run We scattered through the galaxy like seeds upon the wind And I carry all their silence in the listening I bring [Choir - softer] She's a refugee oh she's a refugee The last of those who hear She's a refugee oh she's a refugee and she's holding all our fear [Bridge - Lead building] And me and Jean-Luc Picard we go back before we met There's a thing outside of time itself that neither will forget Don't ask me to explain it don't ask me how I know When the timeline's wrong I feel it in my bones it tells me so [Choir - call and response, building] (Does she know) She knows (Does she see) She sees (When it's wrong) She feels it (In her bones) She's never wrong [Key Change] [Big Chorus - Lead and full choir] Because I am the bar I am the ear I am the one you tell it to when nobody else is here I've been alive five hundred years I have hats up to the sky And I'll pour you something strong my love and never ask you why Oh never ask you why [Vamp - call and response] (Tell it to Guynan) Tell it all (Tell it to Guynan) She won't fall (Tell it to Guynan) She's been here (Through it all) Through it all (Pour it out) Pour it out (She'll catch it) Every tear (The bartender) The bartender (Is the one who'll always hear) [Outro - Lead, slowing] So pull up a chair take off your coat The doctor's got her sickbay but I've got the antidote It isn't in a bottle it isn't in a glass It's just an old woman listening and letting the moment pass Just letting the moment pass [Spoken] Same time next week sugar The bar's always open [End]

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